Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn and soybean futures seesawed on Monday as market players weighed an uptick in fund buying interest against the prospect of a bumper South American corn and soy crop, traders said.
U.S. grains: Corn, soy choppy amid demand uptick and strong South American crop
Ukraine to set up mechanism to supply food to Syria, Zelenskiy says
Leader of Russia's Chechnya says he is ready to ensure wheat supplies to Syria if necessary
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had instructed his government to set up supply mechanisms to deliver together with international organizations and partners food to Syria in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. grains: Grains ease on technical selling, export demand uncertainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures eased on Friday on technical selling and disappointment in the size of weekly export sales, analysts said.
Prairie spring wheat bids rise as loonie falls
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Dec. 12, as gains in the United States futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support.
China’s 2024 total grain output rises to record 706 mln tons
Reading Time: 2 minutes China's total grain production reached a record of more than 700 million metric tons in 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday, as Beijing moves to boost output in its quest to achieve food security.
Russian grain exports to Syria suspended due to uncertainty
Reading Time: 3 minutes Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended because of uncertainty about the new government and payment delays, Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday, while two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria did not reach their destinations.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat fall as dollar gains, export sales disappoint
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and wheat futures fell back on Thursday on a stronger dollar following rate cuts by the European Central Bank, technical trading and slower-than-anticipated weekly export sales, according to analysts.
Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll
Data shows east-west split over climate, cost and government concerns
Reading Time: 3 minutes A poll released Dec. 11 suggests that Canadian farmers worry more about the impacts of climate change than they do about input costs and market prices for canola, corn, wheat and cattle.
CBOT Weekly: WASDE report brings surprise cut to corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes A larger-than-expected cut to corn carryout in the USDA's monthly WASDE report on Dec. 10 affected prices at the Chicago Board of Trade.
Russia to plant more oilseeds as wheat’s profitability falls
Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia may increase the planting of oilseeds next year as farmers look for more profitable crops to replace low-margin crops such as wheat, Russia's main agricultural export, said Dmitry Rylko, head of the IKAR consultancy, on Wednesday.
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